Adjustable drape rod



Feb. 2l, 1939..

A. P. SURGES ET AL- www@ ADJUSTABLE DRAPE ROD Filed July e, 1937 Cil Patented Feb. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ADJUSTABLE DRAPE ROD' Application July 6, 1937, Serial No. 152,240

3 Claims.

Our invention relates to adjustable drape rods, and more particularly to adjustable hangers for suspending drapery over windows, doors and other pieces within homes, dwellings and other buildings.

The primary objects of the invention are to provide drape supports or rods that slide in a horizontal plane whereby the draperies that are suspended therefrom are slidably moved back and forth without reversing, folding, or ruifling, and the right side of the draperies is always exposed to View from the inside of the room wherein the draperies are hung.

The secondary objects of the invention are toprovide novel bracket mountings which rigidly support the drape arms or rods in a horizontal plane and, at the same time, allows them to be freely and easily moved back and forth.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a top plan view showing one of the drape supports or rods together with its bracket support;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a bracket support;

Fig. 3 is a view in end elevation of the bracket support; and

Fig. 4 is a view in front elevation of the same.

Referring in detail to the drawing wherein like reference numeralsvv indicate like parts in the several views, the drape support itself is made in the form of an oblong or elongated rectangle comprising two preferably equal arms; namely a front arm 5 and a rear arm (i. These two arms are connected together in parallel spaced apart relation by an outer end rod portion 1 and an inner end rod portion` 8. Said two end portions, or at least one of them, are either integral with or xedly connected to the arms 5 and 6, as by welding or soldering, and in such manner as to hold them rigidly in fixed spaced apart parallel relation to form an elongated rectangular unit as will be understood.

The bracket support for the foregoing described rod is made of one piece of plate metal and comprises an upstanding back portion 9, a horizontal bottom portion i0, and a front upstanding lip portion II. The upstanding back portion 9 is provided with a plurality of screw holes I2 whereby the bracket may be fastened to a wall, Windowframe or door-frame, with its upstanding back bearing against said wall or the like. Four metal guide clips, each designated by the numeral I 3, are secured to the bracket support, two of which are connected to the outer ends of the back portion 9 a short distance above the bottom portion I Il, and the other two are connected to the outer ends of the lip portion II at corresponding distances above the bottom I6, thus placing all four of said guide clipsv in the same horizontal plane.

The rectangular drapes support is made of regular stock curtain rod tubing, and the rear 5 faces of its arms 5 and 6 are provided with slots I4, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, which extends the ull length of said arms. The metal guide clips I3 are bent to form grooves I5 in both their upper and lower ends, and said grooves 10 slidably receive the top and bottom edges of the slots I4. Said metal guidey clips are each centrally and pivotally secured to the bracket support by means of a single rivet I5. The top faces of the front support arm 5 and its end portions 15 'I and 8 are provided with equally spaced apart holes I'I to receive drapery hooks (not shown) for the purpose of hanging or suspending the drapery as will be understood.

In` the assembly and operation of the device, the bracket support is secured with its back 9 against a wall or the like and its bottom Ill projects out at right angles thereto. The arms 5 and 6 of the rectangular drape support, being slidably mounted in the metal guide clips I3 that are equally 25 spaced above the horizontal bottom of the bracket support are therefore disposed in a horizontal plane. This arrangement of slidably mounting a double arm support in a bracket securely retains the arms in a horizontal plane and, at the same time, permits the support to be freely moved back and forth as indicated by the double arrow in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

A drapery may be suspended from the front support arm 5 and its end portions l and 8 by 35 means of hooks inserted into the holes I'I. It is customary to connect these hooks several inches below the top edge of the drapery so that the entire device is hidden by the top portion of the drapery. The pivotal connection of the guide 40 clips I3 with the bracket support prevents any binding and allows the support arms to slide easily back and forth. In fact the supp-ort may be easily moved back and forth by a person standing on the oor and simply moving the drapery itself which will carry the support with it. The drapery is thus unruied when moved, and its right or finished side is always exposed to view from the inside of a room. It will now be apparent that we have provided an adjustable drape support whereby draperies may be moved slidably and horizontally as desired, and which may be moved entirely away from a window, door or the like.

We claim:

1. An adjustable drape rod consisting of a bracket support, a drape rod consisting of two arms disposed in rigid spaced apart parallel relation to form a rectangular drape support, and said support mounted on the bracket for slidable movement back and forth as a unit.

2. An adjustable drape rod consisting of a bracket support adapted to be Secured to a vertical surface and to project outwardly therefrom, a drape rod consisting of two ar-ms disposed in xed spaced apart parallel relation to form a rectangular drape support, said support mounted on the bracket for slidable movement back and forth as a unit, and the plane of said two arms disposed horizontally and at right angles to the vertical surface.

3. An adjustable drape rod consisting of a bracket support comprising an upstanding back portion, a horizontal bottom portion and a front upstanding lip portion, means whereby the upstanding back portion may be secured to a vertical surface withits bottom portion projecting at right angles therefrom, a plurality of guide clips connected to the said back and lip portions at equal distances from the bottom portion, a drape support consisting of a front and a rear arm, and end portions adapted to hold said arms in xecl spaced apart parallel relation, and said front and rear arms having longitudinal slots arranged to slidably receive the guide clips.

ALBERT P. SURGES, RALPH R. LOUGHARY. 

